The Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe is the military headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Allied Command Operations that commands all NATO operations worldwide. SHAPE is s
SHAPE premises in Rocquencourt (1965)
Gen. Eisenhower in front of the flag of SHAPE on 8 October 1951
1979 military police and gendarmerie vehicles of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe parked in front of the Main Building in Casteau (Belgium)
Façade of the Main Building in 1979
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The NATO headquarters is the political and administrative center of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. After previous locations in London and Paris, it has been headquartered in Brussels since 19
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
…SHAPE and several other ACE headquarters to leave French territory. With France no longer available, Belgium was chosen as a new host nation for both NATO's political headquarters and SHAPE. General Lyman Lemnitzer, SACEUR at the time, had hoped that SHAPE could be located near to NATO Headquarters, as had been the case in Paris…
Aerial view of NATO headquarters in Haren, Brussels
13 Belgrave Square, London, NATO headquarters from 1949 to 1952
Temporary NATO annex, in use from 1952 to 1959, constructed along the reflecting pool of the Palais de Chaillot in the Trocadéro, Paris
Signing of NATO membership invitation to West Germany at the Palais de Chaillot, 1954